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The answer VICUNA has 30 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of vicuna in various dictionaries:
noun - the wool of the vicuna
noun - a soft wool fabric made from the fleece of the vicuna
noun - small wild cud-chewing Andean animal similar to the guanaco but smaller
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| This small, orange-red furred relative of the llama can be found in the Andes of Peru |
| This relative of the llama & the alpaca was hunted to near extinction for its wool |
| The blood of this smallest member of the camel family has adapted to high altitudes |
| This smallest member of the camel family is similar to the llama and the alpaca |
| South American camel cousin(6) |
| Because this smallest relative of the llama produces world's finest wool, it's now endangered |
| Cashmere is often called the 2nd-finest wool behind that of this animal related to the llama & alpaca |
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The vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) or vicuna (both , very rarely spelled vicugna) is one of the two wild South American camelids which live in the high alpine areas of the Andes, the other being the guanaco. It is a relative of the llama, and is now believed to be the wild ancestor of domesticated alpacas, which are raised for their coats. Vicuñas produce small amounts of extremely fine wool, which is very expensive because the animal can only be shorn every three years, and has to be caught from the wild. When knitted together, the product of the vicuña's wool is very soft and warm. The Inca valued vicuñas highly for their wool, and it was against the law for anyone but royalty to wear vicuña garments; today the vicuña is the national animal of Peru and appears in the Peruvian coat of arms. * Both under the rule of the Inca and today, vicuñas have been protected by law, but they were heavily hunted in the intervening period. At the time they were declared endangered in 1974, only about 6,000 |